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Message no. 1
From: Laughing Man oliver_wilken@*******.com
Subject: [OT]Re: Important Message from Brett Borger
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 13:04:57 PST
And verily, did Brett Borger hastily scribble thusly...
|Huh. Never heard that (and I am well acquainted with local April 1st
|conventions :))but I don't know if this intense pranking is merely my
|area, or most of the US.

YOUR area of the USA????
April fools day is a big thing in every english speaking country!
(Hell, we invented it.... It probably goes back to medieval times or
before).

I just had to note the tag on there. Go on with your chat:)


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Message no. 2
From: Brett Borger bxb121@***.edu
Subject: [OT]Re: Important Message from Brett Borger
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 16:14:39 -0500 (EST)
> |Huh. Never heard that (and I am well acquainted with local April 1st
> |conventions :))but I don't know if this intense pranking is merely my
> |area, or most of the US.
>
> YOUR area of the USA????
> April fools day is a big thing in every english speaking country!
> (Hell, we invented it.... It probably goes back to medieval times or
> before).

Yes...and if you had read the thread, you would have seen that I was
refering to the custom of ending pranks at noon...something that
doesn't happen in _my_ area of the US...but happens most everywhere
else, apparently.

-=SwiftOne=-
Message no. 3
From: A Halliwell u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk
Subject: [OT]Re: Important Message from Brett Borger
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 21:12:26 +0100 (BST)
And verily, did Brett Borger hastily scribble thusly...
|Yes...and if you had read the thread, you would have seen that I was
|refering to the custom of ending pranks at noon...something that
|doesn't happen in _my_ area of the US...but happens most everywhere
|else, apparently.

Oh, that...
Yep...
I believe I was the one who mentioned that...

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